Williams, easily one of the most stunning men ever to grace the TV screen, got his start when Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, producer Mike Todd, spotted him running a skin-diving outfit in Hawaii in the '50s.

Thanks to his looks, Williams quickly knocked down episodic television roles, notching a big break as one of the leads of Surfside 6 (1960-1962), along with similarly attractive stars like Diane McBain (the sole surviving cast member of that series), Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra and Troy Donahue. He continued the role a couple of times on 77 Sunset Strip in 1961 and 1963.

I mean, this translates across the ages ...

Following his Green Hornet splash, Williams had only a couple more memorable parts, including as the star of the short-lived series Westwind (1975) and in episodes of How the West Was Won in 1978.

A close friend of his Green Hornet co-star (pictured) Bruce Lee's, Williams chose Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) as his last appearance on film; he played the director of The Green Hornet. Williams was the last surviving member of the original Green Hornet cast.